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Write Like a Babylonian
See your monogram in cuneiform, the way an ancient Babylonian might have written it. A neat idea from the folks of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Check out your
12:10 AM 9/19/06 |


20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death
How Trekkies talk about death, eco-friendly alternatives to embalming, and the strangest place you'll ever find a mummy. Newsflash: we're all going to die. But here are 20 things you didn't know about kicking the bucket. Here for more of 20 things you didn't know about
12:10 AM 9/19/06 |


Highlights From the Burning Man Festival
A slideshow of photographs from the weeklong celebration of art and self-expression in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Preview this year's
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


'Disabled Avant-Garde'
A collaborative exhibition by Katherine Araniello and Aaron Williamson, The Disabled Avant-Garde Today! pays homage to some of the formative and unexpected influences on Araniello and Williamson's 'disability art'. Presenting a number of new video works and also paintings, the exhibition will revisit the work of such practitioners as Leigh Bowery, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tom & Jerry, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Simon & Garfunkel, Martin Kippenberger and Busby Berkeley. On view until 22 October 1006 at Gasworks Gallery, London. Here for more of
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


Flash turns 10
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Flash, Adobe has launched a website that charts the history and future of the application. You can check out some of the more notable websites that have been created with flash, product improvements over the years, and much more. See
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


Celebrate your freedom to read
Marking the 25th anniversary of Banned Books Week, big old Google is inviting users to celebrate their freedom to read by making Banned Books available to all. From the Google Blog: Those books challenged this year include 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Lolita'." Celebrate Your Freedom to Read. Explore Banned Books. To Kill a Mockingbird. Of Mice and Men. The Great Gatsby. 1984. Check out
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


White Noise Machine
The free relaxing music and nature sounds on this website have been carefully chosen for their ability to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere for activities such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation. Rhythmic drumming creates a hypnotic effect to help induce sleep. The sound of the vibraphone is calming, and may reduce stress. Rain acts as a white noise machine that masks household noises such as refrigerators, heaters, and creaking floors. The booming sound of thunder helps to mask loud stereos, barking dogs, and traffic. The sound of steady, rhytmic ocean waves provide a sensation of relaxation and calm. Birds and windchimes are comforting sounds that provide a relaxing and stress free atmosphere. An atmosphere of rain and thunder may be especially relaxing, because one feels they cannot go out to work. Ocean waves may remind one of a relaxing and calm vacation. Experiment with the online program to create your personal sleep-aid or relaxation tool. Check out
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


Shiny
This bright, playful exhibition (on view at Wexner Center Galleries until 31 December 2006) examines our culture's love of luxury, spectacle, shiny things, and our own reflections. Many of the works in Shiny play with the ommodity status of art, both embracing and slyly critiquing conspicuous display. You'll watch Andy Warhol's helium-filled Silver Clouds floating sensuously on air currents and see yourself and the Wexner Center's architecture reflected in the shimmering surfaces of Jeff Koons's 10-foot-tall Balloon Dog. Here for more of
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


'Asian American Art Now'
'One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now' (on view until 10 December 2006 at Asia Societry in New York) brings together seventeen artists from across the country who challenge and extend the category of Asian American art. The title of the exhibition, inspired by the 1970s Blondie hit, suggests that there has never been a formulaic way of making or seeing art, either back then or now. Instead, these artists initiate a new set of conversations that highlight the multidimensional ways of conceptualizing and producing art today. The works in the exhibition, many of them made especially for this show, reflect this energy. Together, the artists and their work defy a definitive conception of Asian American art in favor of working one way or another. Here for more of Now.
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


'Chaos into Light'
Included in this solo exhibition by Valerie Ng are oil paintings as well as mixed media pieces of collage or papier-mache which extend the tactile qualities of the artworks. "Based on the chaos theory, that one slight change might cause a significant impact elsewhere thus the act of painting goes with layers of subtle additions that build up to form a whole. In the process, never quite knowing where each mark will lead or what effect it will have on the overall state." On view at Instinc, Singapore until 30 September 2006. More on Valerie Ng's
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


Andalusian Int'l Artists: Fuengirola Showcase
consisting of 18 artists from 9 countries showcase their work at the La Plaza Cafe and Gallery, Fuengirola, between 1st to 30th September. This is the AIA groups inaugural exhibition at this prestigious location.The gallery will display 50 works and is located in Constitution Square. "There is a compelling range of media, themes, figuration and abstraction, many with Spanish influences, which will be boldly presented..."
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


The Future of Media Activism
Much ink has been spilled in recent years about the failings of our corporate media system. And about the real, life-and-death consequences of these failings-- the war in Iraq being only the most obvious example. What is just now becoming clear, however, is how profoundly this situation has affected the public's trust of the media, as well as how it's beginning to pull together existing strains of media activism into a movement that parallels other great social movements of our time, like environmentalism, feminism and civil rights. The mainstream media is no longer providing us with the information we need when it matters most... Here for Adbuster's
12:11 AM 9/19/06 |


The Infinite Album
"Release a traditional 13-track cd? No thanks, says Beck. Instead, he serves up a collection of songs, remixes, and videos that fans can piece together any way they want..." Read Wired's review of
11:07 PM 9/2/06 |


How to destroy the earth
You've seen the action movies where the bad guy threatens to destroy the Earth. You've heard people on the news claiming that the next nuclear war or cutting down rainforests or persisting in releasing hideous quantities of pollution into the atmosphere threatens to end the world. Fools. The Earth is built to last. It is a 4,550,000,000-year-old, 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000-tonne ball of iron. It has taken more devastating asteroid hits in its lifetime than you've had hot dinners, and lo, it still orbits merrily... This is a guide for those who do not want the Earth to be there anymore. Here for more of
11:08 PM 9/2/06 |


Creative Commons explained...
"Maybe you've never seen of it. Maybe you've started catching glimpses of it in the most unexpected of places. Maybe you've even considered using it yourself, but never knew for certain what it really means. We're talking about the Creative Commons symbol, that rather inconspicuous "double C" that's been quietly ushering in a whole new paradigm for thinking about intellectual property. If you don't quite understand why that is— or even, in all honesty, why you should care about intellectual property— then we've got something just for you..." Here for more on
11:08 PM 9/2/06 |


Pianolina, the interactive piano
It would surprise you to know that a traditional piano company's website actually invites its visitors to play a "game" that is actually a clever digital musical instrument, called "The Pianolina" here for more of Grotian's
11:08 PM 9/2/06 |


Music Makes Your Brain Happy
"A neuroscientist explains why women want rock stars to father their children, and how melodies can work like Prozac..." Read more of
11:08 PM 9/2/06 |


Further reviews on furtherfield.org
Check out this list of new reviews from our friends at furtherfield.org...
Media Massage - The Ultrasound of Therapy, an exhibition by Staalplaat Soundsystem.
Homemaker - An interview with artist Jeanie Finlay.
Handmade Electronic Music - author Nicolas Collins.
Tijuana Calling - inSite_05.
Theatre of Restless- Automata by Boredomresearch.TheSpace4, Peterborough exhibition.
Oil Standard - Michael Mandiberg.
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